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HEXAGON
Definition of HEXAGON
noun
A polygon with six sides and six angles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon). By surface analysis, hexa- + -gon. Piecewise doublet of sexagon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEXAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEXAGON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGHNOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HEXAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found HEXAGON?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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